In a recent interview with FOX Business, Fred Thiel, CEO of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm MARA Holdings, advocated an “invest and forget” strategy for retail investors looking to gain exposure to the world’s leading digital currency.Thiel Cites Positive

Today marks the 16th anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block, mined by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3, 2009. This historic event laid the foundation for blockchain technology and decentralized finance (DeFi).Here’s some key contributors

As Bitcoin emerges as a strong challenger to traditional assets like gold, there is rising global debate around BTC’s role as a national reserve asset.It was President-elect Donald Trump who sparked conversations around Bitcoin reserves after he endo

The CEO of Metaplanet says the US is touching off an international race for BTC reserves.Crypto analysts have dubbed the Japanese venture capital fund the “MicroStrategy of Japan” for its voracious Bitcoin purchases.In an interview at Michael Saylor’

Binance deepened its presence in Brazil after securing regulatory approval to acquire Sim;paul, a locally licensed broker-dealer. This step represents Binance's 21st global regulatory authorization amid a growing acceptance of cryptocurrency in Latin

Happy New Year, advisors! We look forward to bringing you crypto news for advisors every Thursday this year!In today’s issue, our first newsletter of 2025, Roxanna Islam from TMX VettaFi provides a comprehensive guide to the world of crypto ETFs, loo

If Trump implements Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, Japan and other Asian nations will follow the same path, said Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich at a recent Bitcoin event hosted by Michael Saylor.Tokyo-listed Metaplanet, which began its Bitcoin strate

Happy New Year, advisors! We look forward to bringing you crypto news for advisors every Thursday this year!In today’s issue, our first newsletter of 2025, Roxanna Islam from TMX VettaFi provides a comprehensive guide to the world of crypto ETFs, loo

2024 continued to be a challenging year for cryptocurrency users and companies in terms of cybersecurity, marked by several prominent hack incidents.Hackers appropriated nearly $2.2 billion in cryptocurrencies by December 2024, according to Chainalys

TL;DRPi Network’s Stronghold in South KoreaDespite the surrounding controversy, the cryptocurrency project Pi Network continues to amass users. Not long ago, the teamrevealedthe application had exceeded the milestone of 100 million downloads.Pi Netwo

Sweden’s Spotlight Stock Market has listed 20 new digital asset exchange-traded products (ETPs), making those assets available to traditional investors. All of them were issued by Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies.A deluge of crypto ETPsThe n

Cryptocurrency ownership is climbing across the globe, although market volatility and scams are still barriers to newcomers.According to Consensys’ 2024 Perception Survey, crypto ownership has increased in several countries in 2024, with an 8% jump i

BIT Mining Ltd, previously known as 500.com Ltd, admitted to bribing Japanese officials to advance its casino project plans. The company was fined $54 million by US authorities for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) between 2017 and 2

Tokyo-listed firm Metaplanet plans to use the funds raised from bond sales to buy more bitcoin, as it remains bullish on the world’s largest crypto.

Metaplanet is raising more debt to buy Bitcoin

President-elect Donald Trump’s new US department has not yet come to life but is already sparking the interest of a US ally in the Asia-Pacific region. The Japanese government shows great interest in how the new US Department of Government Efficiency

If the crypto market were a country, it would be the eighth largest in GDP terms behind the United States, China, Germany, Japan, India, the United Kingdom and France.

Japan's SBIDM, in collaboration with MAS’s Project Guardian, is launching pilots to tokenize securities, boost liquidity, and cut costs in cross-border trading

OSL Group Limited announced that its Japanese subsidiary, OSL Investment (Japan) Limited, has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire an 81.38% stake in local crypto exchange CoinBest K.K., according to a Nov. 4 press statement. This acquisition

Arisa Toyosaki, co-founder of DeFi protocol Cega, discusses building accessible, lower-risk structured products for retail investors and Japan’s evolving crypto landscape in this Blockcast episode.